Cryptospendthrift's Bitcoin And Cryptocurrency Podcast

News   Russian Sberbank to Establish Crypto Exchange in Zurich Switzerland Cloud Network Xunlei Hit By Class Actions Over ICO Royal Mint to Introduce Gold-Back Cryptocurrency No, India Won't Ban Bitcoin and Will Embrace Blockchain Technology Too Illinois Eyes Blockchain for IDs and Public Asset Management Bee Token ICO Stung by $1 Million Phishing Scam Insurance Companies See Big Opportunities in Unregulated Cryptocurrency Market Texas Takes Aim at Overseas ICO with Cease-and-Desist Copycat Twitter Accounts Seek to Scam Crypto Users Canadian Regulators Approve Country's First Blockchain ETF Report: Bank of America, JP Morgan Ban Credit Crypto Purchases Crypto Billionaires Are Building a Utopia in Puerto Rico President Maduro: Venezuela to Launch 'Petro' Pre-sale on February 20 Scammers Will Pay $5,000 Through Upwork for the "Next Bitcoin" LitePay and LitePal – Two New Litecoin Payment Processing Services on the Way

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A interview with a CloudCoin creator Sean Worthington. We explore their new RAIDA tech and other areas where Cloudcoins differentiates itself tech wise from other coins.

News Masked Gunmen Steal 'Fortune' in Bitcoin in Daylight UK Robbery Russia Plans to Regulate Production and Control of Cryptocurrencies Ripple Embraced by UAE Based Banks and Cryptocurrency Exchanges Japanese Financial Regulator to Fine Coincheck for Subpar Security Mall in South Korea Partners with Bithumb to Accept 12 Kinds of Crypto Payments Texas Halts Crypto Banking Operation over Regulatory Violations Japan's Largest Consumer Electronics Chain Now Accepts Bitcoin Canada: 'No Tax Changes' For Bitcoin As Govt. Unveils Blockchain ID Scheme CoinMarketCap Reinstates South Korean Price Tracking Over a Million Millennials Flock to Robinhood for Crypto Bitfury Enters Bitcoin Crime-Fighting Business Samsung, South Korea's Largest Firm, is Manufacturing ASIC Chips For Bitcoin Mining 'Bitcoin Could Alter the World,' Says Former US Senator Another Blockchain ETF Has Launched Report: CFTC Sends Subpoenas to Bitfinex, Tether Facebook Is Banning Ads for Bitcoin and ICOs Bitcoin Exchange Huobi to Open US Office South

News Ex-CFTC Commissioner Joins Crypto Exchange as Adviser Investors File Class Action Against BitConnect After Closure SEC,CFTC Chiefs Eye Closer Crypto Scrutiny Former Ripple Exec Invests $57.6 Million in Uphold Bitcoin Dev Jimmy Song is Now at Blockchain Capital World Leaders Are Talking Crypto at Davos Due to Poor Cryptocurrency Regulation, South Korea President's Rating Drops Swedish Bank Nordea Forbids Employees from Trading Bitcoin PBoC Official Pushes for Centralized State Digital Currency ICE Exploiting Blockchain to Expose Crypto Use in Drug Trafficking Coincheck Confirms Crypto Hack Loss Larger than Mt Gox Numbers or Not, Coincheck Isn't Mt Gox Visa and Mastercard Now Charge an Additional Fee for Buying Cryptocurrency YouTube Ads Hijacked for Cryptocurrency Mining Tether Confirms Its Relationship With Auditor Has 'Dissolved'

News Indian State Partners With Fund to Launch Blockchain Ecosystem Opera Browser Adds Cryptocurrency Miner Protection for Smartphones $4 Million of IOTA Tokens Stolen by Hackers Through Online Seed Generators Brazilian Investors Flock to Bitcoin Rather than the Stock Market IRA Bitcoin Allowing for Approved Crypto Exposure in Retirement Funds Huobi Is Launching a Token, But It's 'Not an ICO' CNBC's Dan Nathan: Bitcoin Cash Will Overtake Bitcoin Bitcoin To $55k? Mathematical Study Suggests It's 'Most Likely' In 2018 Coinbase Taps Twitter Vet to Bolster Customer Support SEC 'Looking Closely' at Public Company Blockchain Pivots, Says Chairman Evrial Malware Steals Bitcoins by Changing Clipboard-Coped Addresses Hundreds of Fake Cryptocurrency Apps Available for Download Now!

News New Bill in Colorado Encourages State to Adopt Blockchain for Data Security Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Nets $75 Million in Series B Funding Korean Regulator Investigating Staff Insider Trading of Cryptocurrencies Russian Tourist 4 Million Baht in Bitcoin to Fake Interpol Officials Trace Mayer: Bitcoin May Hit ' Significantly Overvalued' $115k in 2018 "Bitcoin Laundering' Study: Where Do Criminals Turn to Mask Illicit Cryptoassets Ledger-to-Ledger? Hardware Wallet Integrates with Decentralized Exchange Nearly 2M South Koreans Used Mobile Crypto Apps Last Week NYSE Parent Company Launches Cryptocurrency Data Feed IMF Urges Global Cooperation on Crypto: Sees Both Benefits and Risks PBoC Reportedly Orders Payment Services to Stop Serving Crypto Traders US Treasury Warns Investors About Petro "Cryptocurrency" Switzerland Wants a Crypto-Nation, France and Germany Want Regulation Lightning Network Is Happening First Physical Item Purchased on LN Lighting Network May Not Solve Bitcoin's Scaling 'Trilemma' Sout

News Vircurex Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Bitcoin Mining Hardware Firm Posts Massive 2017 Profits South Korean Cryptocurrency Investors Face Fines for Anonymous Accounts Kazakhstan President Proposes a Global "Cryptocurrency" Known as G-Global Nationwide Insurance Rolls Out Proof of Insurance on the RiskBlock  Blockchain Mississippi Doctors Sued Mt.Gox for Bitcoin Loss Now Worth $133 Million Ethereum Classic Devs Aim to Address Scaling With Callisto Sidechain Lithuania's Central Bank Unveils Blockchain Startup Sandbox German Central Banker: Cryptocurrencies Must Be Regulated On a Global Scale St. Louis Fed: In Some Ways, Bitcoin Is More Robust Than Many Fiat Currencies Russian Businessman Buys Power Plant for Cryptocurrency Mining $400k: Hacker Makes Off With Stellar Lumens in Black Wallet Theft Telegram CEO Officially Confirms Gramtoken.io ICO as FAKE Shipping Blockchain: Maersk Spin-Off Aims to Commercialize Trade Platform BitConnect Shutters Crypto Exchange Site After Regulator Warnings Proposed US Task For

Getting over the sickness! Enjoy the episode.   News Novogratz Will Launch the First Cryptocurrency Merchant Bank Fantasy Market ICO Creator Disappears With Investors' Money Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Could Be Viable Money In Troubled Economies Public WiFi a Hotbed for Cryptocurrency Mining Malware              Fearmongering MSM Gets It Wrong – South Korea Not Banning Cryptocurrency Trading Binance CEO Claims a Quarter of a Million New Users in One Hour MoneyGram to Pilot Ripple's XRP Token KFC Canada Is Accepting Bitcoin for Fried Chicken New Data Shows Coinbase May Be Spamming the Bitcoin Network Korea's Crypto Crackdown Talk Draws Backlash From Users and Politicians US Government Fears Bitcoin Will Be the Next "Swiss Bank Account" India Eyeing Opportunity Amid China's Crypto Mining Exodus Capital One Refuses to Let Customers Buy Cryptocurrency From Any Exchange UK Bitcoin Investors Denied Mortgage To Buy Homes Will Sweden be the First Nation With Their Own Cryptocurrency                  

I ask a few important questions to expert Amy Wan on the SEC. Learn why you can expect even more cease and desist orders in the future.

News: South Korea to Inspect Six Banks over Virtual Cryptocurrency Accounts CoinMarketCap Excludes South Korean Prices, Crypto Market Cap Drops by $50B US Government Set to Sell Seized Bitcoins from Dark Web Racket Trading Accounts Are Selling for Thousands of Dollars SEC Suspends Trading of Hong Kong Blockchain Firm's Stock The Electrum Wallet Has a Major Vulnerability Allegations Surrounding Tron's Whitepaper Spark Twitter Backlash Nvidia Curbs Data Center GPU Use- But Crypto Miners Are Excluded Wall Street Bonuses May Spark 'Crypto Buying Spree of Epic Proportions' Jamie Dimon Regrets Calling Bitcoin a Fraud Kodak Is Launching a Cryptocurrency for Photographers Bitcoin ETF Proposals Withdrawn After SEC Pushback Report: South Korea Eyes Doing Crypto Regulations With China, Japan Venezuela's Planned Petro Cryptocurrency 'Illegal' Says Congress Overstock Payments Glitch Mixes Up Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash: Report Australia Creates Tax Taskforce to Monitor Crypto Traders Warren Buffett: Cryptocurrencies Will Com

News Nomura Analysts Think Bitcoin Is Making Japanese People Spend More Merrill Lynch Bans Clients From Bitcoin Investment Trust Sneaky Crypto Malware Miners Are Targeting Ad Networks Next Over 860,000 Have Signed Up to Mine the Venezuelan Petro Ripple XRP: The influence of Exchanges Ripple Co-Founder Becomes 'World's Richest Person' Coinbase to Customers: Don't Forget to Pay Taxes on Bitcoin Gains Official Complaints Say Korea Trading Restrictions are 'Unconstitutional'  'Power Back Into People's Hands' – Zuckerberg Announces Facebook's Crypto Focus Bank of England Has 'No Plans' to Launch Cryptocurrency Texas Sends Cease and Desist Order to Bitconnect Overstock Gets $100 Million from Soros Fund for Blockchain and More What Meltdown and Spectre Flaws Mean for Crypto China's Bitcoin Miners Moving to Avoid Clampdown

News   Australian Banks Allegedly Blocking Cryptocurrency Transactions, Freezing Accounts Bitcoin Will Give Japan's Economy a Substantial Boost NiceHash CEO Steps Down After $63 Million in Bitcoin Stolen in Cyber Attack Bank of England to Beat Bitcoin with Rival Cryptocurrency Coming Out in 2018 Verge Coin is Not as Anonymous as they Claim Putin Investigating 'Cryptorouble' as Way to Avoid Western Sanctions Malaysian Minister: No Bitcoin Trading Ban Planned ECB's Yves Mersch Calls Bitcoin a 'Major Threat' to Financial Stability ECB Official Calls for Tax on Bitcoin Transactions Cardano Blockchain's First Use Case: Proof of University Diplomas in Greece Facebook Investor and PayPal Co-founder Peter Thiel Bets Big on Bitcoin- and Wins Chinese Central Bank Pushing to Curb Bitcoin Mining Bitcoin Miner Sued for Securities Fraud After ICO RBC Report: Crypto and Blockchain Could Unlock $10 Trillion Market

Short episode since viewership is low during a holiday. Catch the Thursday episode for a normal length episode! News:  SBI Ripple Asia Forms Credit Card Industry Consortium in Japan Russian Cryptocurrency Exchange Manager Kidnapped in Kiev South Korea Tightens Grip, But Won't Ban Bitcoin Trading Goldman Sachs to Offer Cryptocurrency Trading 2018 and Beyond: Tokens Are Slowly Eating the Firm Bitcoin Among Year's Top Searches, Google Data Says Everything You Need To Know About The New Poloniex Verification Policy Bitcoin & Esports – From Laughing Stock to Mainstream Here Are the Crypto Exchanges With the Lowest Fees Avoiding Digital Feudalism Built on Blockchains BITCOIN Fork – Segwit2x Revealed the Problems of Exchanges Payment Provider Bitrefill Runs Successful Lightning Transaction Test

DMM Bitcoin, Japan's New Crypto Exchange, Coming in January Belgium Central Bank Governor Declares Bitcoin in Not a Threat Chinese Millionaire Buys 27% of US Blockchain Company Former SEC Chairman Warns of Regulatory Crackdown for Cryptocurrencies Is John McAfee Pumping Cryptocurrencies for Cash? Monaco and Binance Enter Into Strategic Partnership Japan's Embrace of Crypto is Exaggerated, Taxation is Killing Trading Cryptocurrency Investors Lose Major Tax Break Under New U.S. Tax Code Barry Silbert's Tweet on Ethereum Classic May Draw Attention of U.S. Regulators Analyst: Bitcoin Price Could Surpass $50,000 in 2018, Short-Term Momentum Gained The Death of the ICO (And 4 Other 2018 Predictions) Chinese Crypto Enthusiasts Find Way Around Government Regulation

Starting out with a bit of tech talk with Stan Larimer ,the Godfather of Bitshares,about scaling, early Bitshares, about delegate proof of stake. Stan also reveals some mind blowing announcements will happen in January. Expect Bitshares to explode next year with all the partnerships and assets they are cooking up. This platform has the ability to launch itself up to being a top 5 coin!

Daniel Rice and I talk about issues Bitcoin faces. Primarily mass adoption barriers and volatility. Also enjoy some slight chatting about Tether concerns and general crypto talk.

News topics Etherdelta possible hack Bitcoin Civil War Coinbase halts Bitcoin Cash transactions amidst accusations of insider trading Evidence Emerges of CNBC Collusion with Roger Ver, BCASH Analyst Makes Bitcoin Prediction That It Will Become the World's Most Valuable Currency France Wants G20 Nations to Discuss Bitcoin Regulation Tezos Founders Hit with Fourth US Lawsuit, Suit for Securities Fraud Hedge Fund Pro Miller 'Is 50 Percent' Invested in Bitcoin Overstock's TZERO ICO Yet to Launch as Token Sale Stalls Unexpectedly Youbit Exchange Files For Bankruptcy As Hackers Wipe 17% of Assets BitPay now Charges two Fees to Complete Bitcoin Transactions Estonia Inches Closer to National 'Crypto Token' Launch SEC Suspends Crypto Firm's Stock After Big Price Boost Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Hit With Class Action Lawsuit The Ultimate Comeback: Bitcoin's SegWit2x Fork Scheduled for December 28 Morgan Stanley: Hedge Funds Poured $2 Billion into Cryptos in 2017 Litecoin Creator Sells Stake Citing 'Conflict of Interest'

Topics:  More Altcoins Coming to Coinbase Says CEO Brain Armstrong Bitcoin Transaction Fees Keep Doubling Nearly Every Three Months South Korea to Permit Crypto Exchanges Under 6 Conditions Man Robbed of 1.8 Million Ether at Gunpoint Bloomberg Terminal Adds Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple American Woman Arrested for Laundering Bitcoin to Fund Islamic State Operations Meet "Pine", the Bitcoin Philanthropist Who Set Up the $85 Million Pineapple Fund NEO Receives Its First ICO Template Monero Mining Malware Hits Russian Pipeline Giant Transneft US Treasury Report: DLT Data Storage Raises Oversight Concerns Italian Woman Jailed for Bitcoin Murder Plot Cryptocurrency Clampdown Approved by EU to Fight Terrorism 2018: The Year Central Banks Begin Buying Cryptocurrency Parity Will Not Pursue Hard Fork to Unfreeze 500,000 Ether